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Christina Pagel FMedSci HonFFPH is a German-British mathematician and professor of operational research at University College London (UCL) within UCL's… more

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by Christina Pagel — Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe

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The latest from Trump world in under 2 minutes.

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5 things that have happened since Monday to undermine democracy in Trump's America
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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by Duncan Bell — Reposted by Christina Pagel, Diane Coyle, Sylvain Laurens , and 1 more

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JOB

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 @ University of Cambridge

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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President Donald Trump threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been “taken over” by unrest. https://cnn.it/4901Nze
Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston, though it's up to FIFA to choose sites | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been “taken over” by unrest.
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Cas Mudde, Richard S.J. Tol , and 4 more

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“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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Japan is reporting a flu epidemic much earlier than is usual. This early season could have implications for other countries via international travel so do get your flu vaccines (if you can) soon! 🧪 #HealthPolicy
Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations
Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual.
www.nature.com
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 5 more

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Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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Husband came down with vase fatigue in the British Museum. At first he was like "whaaat? are they giving each other HANDIES?" and then by the 20th or so room of red figure vases was all "oh. Gay spitroast," in the jaded-to-numbness tones of Malcolm MacDowell's Caligula.
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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Independent doesn't mean that at all.
No-one is suggesting an absence of oversight or accountability, in fact as the authors note. increasing statutory accountability is to everyone's benefit
"The bodies that report directly to Parliament tend to have stronger defences against political pressure"
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by Christina Pagel

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it was quite hard to avoid the X rated ones as they are numerous
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by Christina Pagel

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good luck - hope it goes well
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by Christina Pagel

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i have the shokz but yes this is what you need - bone conducting that you can upload with MP3s.
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by Christina Pagel

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anyone would think he'd never seen a Greek vase...
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Lisa Diedrich

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Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ @realchrisrufo This is great news. We've hired the classicist Spencer Klavan to teach at New College of Florida. Goodbye gender studies; hello, Greek literature. Quote Spencer A. Klavan @SpencerKlavan · Aug 19, 2024 Truly excited to be teaching an online survey course in Greek literature this fall semester @NewCollegeofFL. Even more excited that it's open to the public. Please join in here! We'll be reading Homer, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and lots more. https://ncf.edu/youngheretics/ 7:36 PM · Aug 19, 2024 · 840.8K Views
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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Faintly amusing that the IFS' argument to Reeves on tax reform is basically: You're fucked either way, so you might as well do something decent for the country while you're taking all this pain www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
UK's Reeves should use budget to reform tax system, IFS says
British finance minister Rachel Reeves should use her budget in November to carry out a long overdue reform of the taxation system which could help her to raise more revenue while limiting the hit to the economy, a think tank said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
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by Christina Pagel

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Meanwhile her active but very stupid brother

(he's not demonstrating his stupidity here. That would be yesterday when I had to pick him up to put him in front of his food as he couldn't work out how to walk to the other side of his sister)
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by Christina Pagel

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I found swimming headphones a game changer - I now love my 35 minute swims listening to history podcasts!
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by Christina Pagel

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Tested sleep level of cat: deep
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Ben Rosamond

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Why an urgent path to net zero is not a socialist conspiracy…. number 3456328…
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Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk
Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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"Your papers, please."

"ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair ... I’m a resident’" www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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The NYT, Atlantic, WaPo, CNN, Guardian and others have all refused to sign Pete Hegseth new rules on reporting from the Pentagon. As far as I can tell only OAN has signed it. I guess this is Hegseth waving goodbye to their access to the Pentagon and other DOD facilities.
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Scott A. Imberman, Christian Fisch

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The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, David R. Miller

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👇🎯💯

"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections." That requires 2 pro-democracy parties.

-Dems' platform must be institutional reform: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

-Yes, 🇺🇸 democracy, like every other democracy ever, requires a strong conservative party: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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Trump helping to negotiate the release of the hostages in Gaza and hopefully end the war is a good thing.

And it does not, in any way, mitigate or excuse the authoritarian dystopia he and his cronies are imposing on the US. Our dark path is no more lit today than yesterday.
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Jonathan Wolff

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Back in A&E (kidney problems this time).

A woman turned to me earlier and said - out of nowhere - "are you afraid of getting old"?

I'm in a Beckett play.
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by Christina Pagel

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What happened this weekend in Trump's America?

Quite a lot. I end with some wile conspiracy theories and blatant nepotism.

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What happened this weekend in Trump's America?
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Joanna Bryson, Daniel Ziblatt , and 13 more

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“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism
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Reposted by Christina Pagel

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In July, I realized monitoring & testing of people with high risk exposures had essentially stopped since May. I checked today, and these numbers haven't moved. Monitoring & testing is not occurring, despite the fact that exposures almost certainly are.
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Graph of human H5N1 monitoring and testing, showing tests have stopped in May 2025
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Suzanne de Cheveigné, Jason Williams

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The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.
Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"
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Reposted by Christina Pagel, Stephen M. Walt, Will Jennings , and 4 more

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In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
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by Christina Pagel

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it could have - and should have - been much sooner yes.
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